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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
Rich I agree but in a way this could be similar to the following:
R2 BU in "C"
Ground ball to F6. R2 clearly interferes (by clearly interferes I mean a TEXTBOOK interference call) with F6 in his attempt to field a batted ball.
Your partner the BU is "right there" looking at the same thing as you the PU but gives no call.
We all know any umpire can call interference but in general on play's at the bases we defer to our partner's judgement, however, this is a TEXTBOOK interference call.
Aren't you as the PU going to call it?
I think the answer is yes which brings me back to this OP.
Let's assume F1 for the losing team had outstanding control all game long, even though he was on the losing side of the score (there could have been a variety of reasons). When he missed he missed by inches.
Now he Plunks someone. At this point one can assume that the ENTIRE park KNOWS what's going on and yet your partner the PU says NOTHING.
IMO, this crew is now "asking for it" since NO-ONE took control and should a brawl develop IMO the ENTIRE crew now looks bad not just the PU.
Therefore, in what I call a TEXTBOOK Plunk by F1 wouldn't you as BU now say something to avoid what is most likely to transpire next if your partner the PU says nothing.
Pete Booth
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IN this play Pete... I would call time and go and talk to my partner and ask him if maybe he saw? anything?....and then I might give him my advice/ ruling on the play. But i really think that in this type of play the most important thing id to get the call right.
I had a college showcase tourny this year, Championship game Im PU and we are in 3 man. NFHS rules. We had a R1 and 1 out. ground ball to F4 who threw to F6.. R1 made no attempt to move away from the play, . or slide, made contact with F6's arm on the throw to 1st so we had FPSR right?.. well U3 who was standing in the "C" position saw the hole play and called nothing. I as PU was coming up 1st baseline to cover any type of pulled foot swipe tag kept running and started to talk to U1 about the play and we both had FPSR. So we had said well" we can't make the call for him as he needs to come to us and talk to us about the play. about 30 sec later he see's us standing there and comes over to talk to us, and ask " Did i miss something?" So we told him our answers and what we would call, but he had to make the call at 2nd.